Software Developer (SAMpeople)

Location: Remote

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better. 
Central to this mission is equipping Schools with the technology and support to address any challenges they may face, so expanding our product suite and enhancing our customer offering has become an essential priority.
One of these many products is SAMpeople, a cloud based software platform for schools to give them a one-stop shop for their people management.
SAMpeople are Education people specialists; we have a team of leaders who have all worked in education for many years and understand the business challenges that schools and MATs have to deal with day in and day out. 
At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren’t just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn. 

Our development team works collaboratively to build and maintain our customer-facing SaaS systems. We operate in an Agile environment where developers are involved in the full lifecycle of a project - from initial architectural decisions and writing clean code to troubleshooting and deployment. It is a supportive environment where we work together during sprint ceremonies to align on goals, share technical knowledge, and ensure we are delivering stable, scalable solutions to our users.

We are looking for an ambitious and technically minded Software Developer to join our Development team and help contribute to the design and architecture of our products. The remit and focus of the role is to write and implement clean, scalable code and recommend, as well as implement improvements, to our range of products . It’s a broad and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone up for a challenge - if you’re a fast learner and a good team player, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation decisions
• Analyse existing programs and make modifications and improvements
• Implement new software solutions, websites, programs, and applications
• Write and implement clean, scalable code
• Participate in Agile sprint ceremonies such as Product Backlog refinement, Sprint
• Contribute to Sprint Planning and Sprint Review/Retrospectives
• Troubleshoot and debug solutions
• Verify and deploy software solutions
• Recommend and implement improvements

• A strong aptitude for programming and problem solving
• Commercial experience of working on customer facing SaaS systems
• Solid experience with C#, ASP.Net, WebApi2
• A background of working with SQL, Entity Framework
• Some JavaScript / jQuery experience would be advantageous
• Azure DevOps / Azure Hosting would be a bonus 
• Proven experience of working within an Agile environment
• A good team player and the ability to support colleagues through mentoring/coaching
• Ability  to manage yourself and align with team goals

The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:

• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 days Bank Hols)
• Your birthday off
• BUPA Healthcare Cashback plan – following successful completion of probation
• Pension Scheme
• Ongoing professional development opportunities – we can offer supported study and potential funding for external qualifications
• A cracking team to work with!
• Flexible working – we can offer part time or term time hours to suit you and your family

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We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at [email protected].

Our commitment is also backed by our partnership with Neurodiversity Consultancy, Lexxic who provide us with training, support and advice. 

Our goal is for Arbor to be a workplace which represents, celebrates and supports people from all backgrounds, and which gives them the tools they need to thrive - whatever their ambitions may be so we support and promote diversity and equality, and actively  encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

Know someone else who would be good for this role? You can refer a friend, family member or colleague, if they are offered a role with Arbor, we will say thank you with a voucher valued up to £200! Simply email: [email protected] 

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.